Fascination

Chapter 117

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In the quiet courtyard, there was a sudden cry of a child. From a distance, two children were seen arguing. The older one had mud on his clothes and was holding a wooden box. The younger one was Xiao Li'er, who was holding the swing and pointing at him with her white and tender hands, crying so hard that her voice was emitting.

The crying attracted all the adults in the tea room.

When Xiaolier saw that his backer had arrived, he stopped arguing with Xie Zhen and rushed towards his father with small steps. He couldn't hold back his sobs, and tears as big as beans fell down like broken strings: "Wuwuwu, Dad..."

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Li'er discovered that the suit pants he was holding in his hands were the wrong color.

Dad was wearing light white today, and the thing she was holding with her fingers was black. She looked up with tearful eyes and found that it was Uncle Xie.

Little Li'er stared at the man in shock for a while before realizing that he had pounced on the wrong person. His father was standing next to him.

Xie Lanshen understood the call of "Dad" and smiled brightly. He gently touched her red face with his long, bony fingers and said, "What's wrong? Tell uncle."

Usually the baby's face was touched, but this time, Xiaoli'er cried even more miserably, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably, and she stretched out her hands to He Suichen for a hug: "Daddy, hug me..."

Xiaoli'er wouldn't cry so much unless she was really mad.

He Suichen held his daughter in his arms and patted her gently. He didn't ask what happened first, but comforted her gently: "Don't be afraid, Dad is here."

Xiaoli'er's shoulders were shaking, her nose and eyelids were red, and she cried and complained: "Xie Paopao said he was digging for treasure, and everything he dug up was his private property... He took away all my little treasury."

When everyone present heard this, they all looked towards Xie Zhen not far away and the small wooden box covered in mud.

Xie Zhen was obviously feeling guilty. Feeling the pressure from his father's eyes, he shrank his neck slightly and said, "I was just joking with my sister."

Xie Lanshen said in a deep voice: "Come here."

Xie Zhen moved over like a little snail, and did not forget to remind him: "Dad, I am your most beloved son."

Xie Lanshen did not use any family discipline on his son in public. His tone sounded calm and steady. He asked him to wipe the wooden box clean first and then return it to Xiaolier.

Xie Zhen did as he was told, but he was very frightened inside, because based on his understanding of his own father, this situation was like the eve of a storm.

After he returned it to Xiaoli'er, he bowed and apologized, and even wanted to use a tissue to wipe her tears.

But Xiaoli blocked it with her hands, and wiped it for herself while crying, without anyone offering help: "I forgive you."

The little girl was very angry, but her anger subsided quickly.

He carried his little treasury and went back to his room with his father, not caring how Xie Zhen would be scolded by his parents.

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Because the secret treasury was exposed, Xiao Li'er took the initiative to hand over all the hard-earned money to He Sui Chen, and did not give himself a penny.

He Suichen saw the quilt was full of silver coins. After a long silence, he asked her, "Why are you saving so much money?"

After washing her face, Xiaoli'er found that there were no traces of tears, and she was still clean and beautiful. She knelt on the pillow and used her white and tender little hands to take out some of the coins: "This is the dowry I saved."

Then, he took out another part of the coin and told his father: "This is for mom's living expenses, so that mom doesn't have to work so hard to make money to support the family."

He Suichen lowered his eyes to the two or three coins left, and asked again: "What about these?"

Little Li'er said, "It's Daddy's pocket money."

He Suichen was so filial that he said: "..."

After Xiao Li'er emptied her own vault, she placed the small wooden box on Gu Qingwu's dressing table, thinking about starting over again. However, the place under the swing tree was no longer suitable for her to hide her money.

This made her distressed. She couldn't even enjoy her dinner and her brows were furrowed.

Gu Qingwu, who was far away abroad, took the time to make a video call to her daughter after learning that she had cried. Little Li'er hugged her knees, curled up in the quilt, and complained to her mother about her grievances for a long time.

"I am really angry... Xie Paopao was too much. But he was also treated harshly by his own father. Mom, I am not angry now."

Gu Qingwu kissed her daughter in the video and said with a faint smile: "Mom will come back in a few days and bring you a gift."

"Thank you, Mom."

Xiaolier also kissed her through the phone screen, saying coquettishly, "... Don't disturb mommy's work. Remember to think of me 1,000 times a day."

Wait until the call is hung up.

There was a knock on the door, and He Suichen walked in with his long legs, holding an exquisite carved mahogany box in his hand.

Little Li'er poked his head out, his black hair hanging loose, and looked at him: "Dad, what is this?"

He Suichen turned on the night light next to him, and the warm orange light illuminated the dim night. He handed the mahogany box to Xiaoli'er and unlocked it with his long fingers. The next second, a lot of exquisite copper coins inside made Xiaoli'er open her eyes wide in surprise: "Wow."

"This is given to you by your little sister Guanyin, to apologize on behalf of her brother."

He Suichen placed the mahogany box in his daughter's arms. There were more than twenty antique copper coins in it. They were very delicate and suitable for playing with. Xiaolier was very happy to accept them. She smiled with her dark eyes narrowed: "Dad, I want to thank Sister Guanyin."

He Suichen touched her head, and then asked Xiaolier, "Xie Paopao, are you okay going home?"

Although she was young, she was very good at observing people's words and expressions. She felt that Uncle Xie's temper was not as good as her father's, and he would beat naughty children at first glance.

He Sui smiled and said, "It's okay. Your aunt Jiang Nai is at home, so Xie Paopao won't get beaten."

Xie Lanshen only dared to deal with his lawless son with an expressionless face when Jiang Nai was not at home.

When Jiang Nai was at home, the most she would do was put her son in solitary confinement and make him write a letter of apology as punishment. It wasn't a big deal.

Xiao Li'er has always been a caring little girl. She threw herself into He Suichen's arms and whispered, "Dad, Sister Guanyin has already apologized on behalf of Xie Paopao. I'm not angry anymore... Can you call Uncle Xie and tell him not to beat the child at home?"

"Xie Paopao... You didn't mean to make me cry. I wanted to cry on my own."

He Suichen lowered his head, staring at Xiaoli'er's face that looked very similar to Gu Qingwu, and his low tone gradually softened: "Dad knows."

Xiaoli'er's personality is mostly like Gu Qingwu's. He is sensible and well-behaved, which makes people feel soft-hearted. In particular, he longs for the love of his parents deep in his bones. This is the same as Gu Qingwu, but Xiaoli'er expresses it more obviously and talks about love all the time.

In addition to her biological parents, Xiao Li'er also likes her grandmother and Grandpa Shen. I don't know if it's because of Gu Qingwu's personality or something, but she has no feelings for Gu Wenhan.

Later, for a while, Gu Wenhan heard from somewhere that Xiaoli'er liked to collect antique copper coins.

He also asked people to use their connections to collect a lot of antique copper coins, hoping to show his favor to his granddaughter. However, he didn't expect that they were returned by He Sui Chen's secretary within a day of being sent to the He family.

The reason is simple: it will make children lose their ambition due to playing with toys.

Gu Wenhan looked at the returned antique copper coins, and his old face was almost embarrassed...

Yin Qin's offer was not successful. Gu Wenhan suddenly came up with another idea. He spent a huge amount of money to buy a piece of land in Sicheng and built an amusement park specifically for it. It was named Xiaolier Amusement Park.

Before he even started working, a phone call from Gu Qingwu himself dampened his enthusiasm.

Gu Qingwu asked him to change the name of the amusement park and not use her daughter's name.

Gu Wenhan could still weakly retort at this time: "This is my granddaughter's birthday gift three years from now."

Gu Qingwu sneered on the phone: "Ha."

"Gu Cuocuo, I've noticed that your personality has become more and more like your mother's since you got married... Huh? Do you abuse your husband in private?!"

Gu Qingwu ignored Gu Wenhan's impotent rage and made an appointment for him to see a psychologist.

This approach was quickly approved by Fu Wanwan. When she learned that Gu Wenhan was not going to have a good life and was going to harass Gu Qingwu and He Suichen's family who lived in Sicheng, Fu Wanwan also called to warn them.

After being warned by his daughter, he was warned again by his ex-wife with cold words.

Gu Wenhan almost had to go to the hospital with his heart covered, and no matter how much trouble he made, he couldn't get in front of Xiaolier.

Xiao Li'er in the old house has been busy hiding the box of antique copper coins recently. She didn't choose a good place one day, so the mahogany box was placed on Gu Qingwu's dressing table. She knew that her mother's dressing table also had many valuable things.

So if you put it here, no one will dare to steal it...

And one day, He Sui Chen discovered that the mahogany box on Gu Qingwu's dressing table was missing.

You have to know that Xiaoli'er treasures it very much. He almost lights three incense sticks for it. Not only must he take a look at it before going to bed, but he also has to use a handkerchief to wipe the twenty or so antique copper coins and then wipe off the non-existent dust on the wooden box.

Now that there was no trace of him, He Sui Chen asked tentatively when he was telling Xiao Li'er a bedtime story at night.

Xiaoli'er's face was pressed against the soft light yellow pillow, her thin eyelashes were almost closed, and she answered in a half-asleep state: "... I hid it."

If He Sui Chen asked further, he would not be able to get anything out of this money-grubber.

Xiao Li'er hid the antique copper coins and began to plan her money-making career. This time, she set her sights on Zhou Tingliu. The reason was simple. Zhou Tingliu was a lawyer and would inevitably feel thirsty if he talked too much.

Xiao Li'er rummaged through boxes and took out some of He Suichen's tea collection. When her father took her out to discuss business, she would run to the tea room with her small suitcase, brew a large pot of tea with skillful movements, and then knock on the doors of the law firms' offices one by one, asking enthusiastically, "Do you want some tea?"

Almost all of He Sui Chen's friends knew that Xiao Li'er would charge for tea. Seeing that the little girl was cute, they all cooperated and gave her a dollar, but it was difficult for He Sui Chen to collect those precious teas.

Zhou Tingliu came out after finishing a business deal, loosening his tie with his long fingers. Seeing the busy little figure in the tea room, he picked up the gray cup and walked over: "Little boss, give uncle a cup too."

Xiaolier looked back at him, her beautiful eyes narrowed and she smiled: "Okay."

She filled Zhou Tingliu's cup and carefully wiped the water marks on the edge with a tissue. When Zhou Tingliu asked her how much it cost, Xiao Lier said generously, "This is for Uncle Tingliu. It's free."

"Young boss, you are so good at business, why don't you charge me?"

Xiaoli climbed onto the chair and sat down, casually holding her doll's piggy bank in her arms, tilting her head and smiling: "Just consider it as the booth fee."

Zhou Tingliu raised his eyebrows. It was incredible that this little kid even knew the term "stall fee".

"It seems your father has brought you along to do business and taught you a lot."

"No, Dad just taught me to read and write..." Xiao Li'er felt that he got along well with Zhou Tingliu, so he whispered a secret to him: "Let me tell you... My family is very poor."

Outside the tea room, He Sui Chen happened to hear the last sentence and was immediately helpless.

Xiao Li'er earned a small amount of money that day from the tea money. The coins made a plop-plop sound in her doll piggy bank, making her very happy. While in the car, He Sui Chen saw his daughter sitting in the back seat, covering her mouth with her hands from time to time while laughing, and his brows slightly frowned.

In this regard, Cheng Shu once gave a sincere suggestion: "Why don't you go and ask Xie Lanshen how he taught his daughter."

He Sui Chen just smiled at this: "Xie Lanshen is almost fooled by his daughter. What's the point of asking him for advice?"

Cheng Shu was surprised for a few seconds: "What do you mean?"

He Sui Chen did not tell his friends that one time he saw Xie Lin taking little Guanyin to a club to roll dice with a group of idle young men. The usually pretty and delicate girl had a calm expression on her face in such a smoky place, and was not scared at all.

When he saw little Guanyin again, she was sitting at home practicing calligraphy and had become a lady from a wealthy family again.

Xie Lan had no idea how many times Xie Lin had secretly exposed him, and little Guanyin would pretend in front of her biological father and would never touch her uncle's idle hobbies.

He Sui Chen only said to Cheng Shu: "If Xie Lanshen has a bad heart in his later years, he will have to go to the emergency room sooner or later."

Cheng Shu mistakenly thought he was referring to the youngest son of the Xie family being too noisy, so he continued, "The last time Xie Paopao came to my house, he scared two fish in the fish tank to death, and was spanked by Xie Lanshen when he got home. I heard that he recently wanted to go play with Jiang Nai in the crew, and the director had to kneel down and send him out overnight."

Compared to the eccentric Xie Paopao, Xie Lanshen's eldest son is praised by everyone when they meet him.

His personality is completely opposite to his younger brother's. The last time Xiao Li'er was made to cry, it was Xie Dengdeng who ran a trip on behalf of Xiao Guanyin and personally delivered the antique copper coins to the He family to apologize. When he handed it to He Sui Chen, he spoke in an orderly and clear manner.

… Although he is still very young, he has the demeanor of Xie Lanshen.

Among the three siblings in the Xie family, except for the youngest one, the eldest and second oldest ones all have a good reputation.

He Suichen particularly liked Xie Lanshen's eldest son, and once mentioned that he wanted to adopt him as his godson. However, Xie Lanshen did not refuse, but was rejected by Xie Dengdeng politely: "Uncle He, I already have a father."

When Xie Lanshen saw this, a smile appeared in his eyes, as if he was laughing at He Sui Chen for being too sentimental.

He Sui Chen was not angry. He held Xie Dengdeng on his knees and patiently asked him about his homework. He also threw out some hobbies to attract his attention: "How about coming to see your uncle more often in the future? Do you want to read the books I told you about last time?"

Xie Dengdeng was determined not to be the godson of the He family, but he had a lot of favorable impression of He Sui Chen and nodded.

Xie Lanshen trained his son as his future heir, which did not prevent him from getting close to his friends in the circle. However, this tacit action aroused Xie Paopao's strong jealousy.

If you say that Xie Dengdeng’s personality is like a replica of Xie Lanshen, then the personality of the local tyrant Xie Paopao is simply a higher-end version of Xie Lin.

Xie Paopao was jealous, so he went back and beat up Xie Dengdeng, specifically hitting his paralyzed face, and yelled, "I told you to behave well!"

Xie Dengdeng saw Xiaolier standing not far away from the corner of his eye, but he didn't even try to fight back.

Finally, Xiao Lier cried again because she saw the two brothers of the Xie family fighting. She pointed at Xie Dengdeng's bruised face and said to He Suichen in a sobbing voice: "Wuwuwu Dad, Xie Paopao has a violent tendency... Let's run."

Xie Paopao: “…”

Xie Dengdeng took out a blue handkerchief from his pants pocket and wiped his sister's tears considerately: "Don't be afraid, it's your fault for scaring your sister."

Xie Paopao: “…”

This scheming bitch with a beastly heart!

Xie Dengdeng was able to calm Xiao Lier down, and he gently patted her thin shoulders that were shaking from crying.

Xiaoli'er said with red eyes: "Brother, you are so good at comforting people."

Xie Dengdeng smiled elegantly and politely: "Usually when my sister cries like this, I just pat her and she's fine."

"Will little Guanyin sister cry too?"

Xie Dengdeng paused for a second before Xie Paopao answered in a sad tone, "She cried so much that she had to go to the hospital, unlike you who can just cry for a while and be fine."

Everyone in the Xie family knows that they should not easily make little Guanyin cry. Once she gets upset, she can't stop crying.

But little Li'er would be fine after crying for a while, his emotions came and went quickly.

Previously, she was afraid that Xie Paopao might have violent tendencies, but now she was laughing and playing with him. And soon, for the third time, Xie Paopao made her cry...

Xie Paopao loves to play around everywhere. When he was visiting the He family, he chased a ginger cat into the ancestral hall.

As luck would have it, the private money that Xiao Li'er secretly hid in the ancestral hall was discovered by Xie Paopao again.

No one expected that Xiao Li'er would hide her private money here. Even He Sui Chen was surprised for two seconds. Seeing that the small treasury was exposed, Xiao Li'er's emotions could no longer be stabilized. She wiped her tears and went to find Yu Jiafan to complain, muttering: "Wuwuwu... I want Brother Fanfan to vent my anger for me."

Yu Jiafan really took Xiao Li'er's anger out on her by hanging a sign at the door of the He family's old house the next day.

It says:

Xie Paopao and dogs are not allowed to enter